Re: Future of C++ and Boost

From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-04-20 18:45:04

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:03 AM Timothy Keitt via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I'm just a hobbyist (I use C++ wrapped in R for my research and
> exploration) but my dream is something like julia (https://julialang.org/)
> but with modern C++ syntax. I have really enjoyed the recent
> metaprogramming additions to C++ and would love to have that in an
> interactive environment with incremental jit. (I know this can be kind of
> done now but its not like using R Studio or other nice user platforms.)
> BTW, C++ is found in high performance scientific computing, but not as
> often as Fortran and C.
>

If you are looking for a high-level language with support for
metaprogramming, I suggest you look into Python. You can even write Python
bindings for C++ using Boost.Python !
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

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